Safety-pin.



PATENTED JULY- 30,-19 07.

w. B. PRITGHARD.

SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED 00m. 190%.

1!!! NURRIS PETER! 20., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD B. PRITCHARD, OF WATERBURY,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAFETY-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed October 1, 1906. Serial No. 336,918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD B. PRITCHARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety- Pins;and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said,drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure l a plan view of a safety pin constructed in .accordance with myinvention and shown in closed position. Fig. 2 a similar view with thecap disengaged from the point. Fig. 3 a similar view showing the clipand cap in section. Fig. 4 a sectional view on line ab of Fig. 3,enlarged. Fig. 5 a plan view illustrating a modification of myinvention. Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the use of twoseparate strips of elastic material.

This invention relates to an improvement in safety pins, and whileparticularly adapted for the uses for which safety pins are generallyemployed, is applicable for other purposes, such as jewelry in which itis desired to protect or guard the point of the pin, the object of theinvention being a simple construction which can be produced at a lowcost for manufacture, and which can be more conveniently used in alarger number of cases than ordinary safety pins; and the inventionconsists in the construction hereinafter described and particularlyrecited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a straight pin 2 having a point 3and a clip 4 applied to its opposite end which, if desired, may havesmall wings or fins 5 to facilitate the attachment of the clip to theshank of the pin. Connected with the clip on opposite sides of the pinis a strip of longitudinally extendible flexible fabric 6 such, forinstance, as round elastic cord, that is, a strip of rubber covered witha braid of silk or other suitable material. Midway the length of thestrip 1 apply a cap 7 similar in form to the guards usually applied tothe ends of wire safety pins. This cap is closed upon the cord so as tobe firmly united therewith, and in the center of the cap is a socket orpocket 8 to receive the point of the pin, and if desired, the elasticcord may be exposed in the pocket so that the point of the pin may bearagainst it to protect the point from contact with the metal. While Iprefer to attach the free ends of the cord to the clip 4, it is apparentthat the ends of the cords might be connected with the cap 7, as shownin Fig. 6, and it is also apparent that instead of using one piece ofcord, two short lengths may be employed as shown in Fig. 6. While Iprefer to employ the clip 4 corresponding substantially in form to thecap 7, I may attach a T-shaped head 9 as shown in Fig. 5, having threetubular portions, one 10 to receive and be attached to the shank of thepin, while the rightangled tubular portions 11 and 12 receive the endsof ,the cord. To disengage the cap from the end of the pin, the cap isdrawn outward, or the cords extended longitudinally so as to pass beyondthe end of the pin as' shown in Fig. 2, when they can be turned awayfrom the plane of the pin and leave that pin free to be inserted. Afterthe pin is inserted the cap is again drawn outward and passed overthepoint thus protecting the point and preventing the withdrawal of thepin.

l. The herein described safety pin comprising a pin having a point atone end and a flat clip formed from a single piece of metal secured tothe opposite end, said clip comprising a socket to receive the said pin,and a socket on each side thereof, strips of longitudinally expandible[lexible material entered into said sockets and secured therein, a fiatcap formed from a single piece of metal connected with the said stripsand having a centrally arranged pocket to receive the point of the pin,substantially as described.

2. The herein described safety pin comprising a pin having a point atone end and a clip at the opposite end, a flat cap formed from a singlepiece of metal and having a centrally arranged pocket to receive thepoint of the pin and a socket on each side thereof, and longitudinallyflexible connections between the clip and the cap, said connections 0itcrlng the sockets in the cap in which they are secured, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

IVILLARD B. IRITCHARD.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR F. HENRY, Hownne 13. Snow.

